"In 2000, 83.6 in 1000 women aged 15-19 became pregnant-a 28% decline from 1990, when the teenage pregnancy rate reached a high of 116.9 per 1000 women." Taken from http://www.guttmacher.org/media/nr/2004/02/19/index.html
In today's society, you still see many teenage girls who are getting pregnant at such a young age. There is still a high percentage of young girls getting pregnant. I personally think that its great that there is a decreasing percentage from the past statistics, but at the same time its still not enough. Majority of these girls arent ready. They still need to keep up with school, and on top of that, babies arent free so they need jobs.
My thoughts on the solution for this, is to start daughters on birth control almost as soon as they are able to use it. Not just to prevent them from getting preganant, but becuase birth control is great for other things as well. Now, i do realize that most moms would consider this, but I know I wish my mom told be about it and thought of getting it for me when I began having my periods. I used to be sick as a dog every single time I had my period, so that meant that about every other month, I missed a day of school or left early cause I was in soo much pain. And yeah i would take medicines to try and ease the intense pain of my cramps, just that didnt help one bit. So, when I finally got my mom to take me to a gynecologist, after years of always getting sick, i asked for anything that would take away the intense pain and unpleasant sickness i got.
So, i ended up on birth control and it makes everything almost 110% better every month, and i just feel better all around the clock! On top of that, Im less likely to get pregnant!
So, my question is, would it be soo bad if moms just talked to their daughters about birth control and got it for them anyways, just in case?? Cause i mean, even if its just for sex, you know its going to happen someday, and it may not. But if it did, wouldnt you feel at least a bit better about it knowing that your daughter is on birth control, so theres that fewer bit of a chance of her getting pregnant and becoming a statisitc??...
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